Telstra takes court action over wholesale price cuts

Telstra has filed an appeal in the Federal Court against a decision of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to cut the prices Telstra can charge other telcos that use its copper network to deliver services.

"Telstra has today decided to file an appeal with the Federal Court seeking review of the ACCC’s recent fixed line pricing decision," a Telstra spokesperson said in a statement.

"In our view, the decision does not follow the ACCC’s own fixed pricing principles that require Telstra to be given the opportunity to recover from wholesale customers the costs of providing services to them.

"We believe the Court is the appropriate place for us to get clarity on this matter."

"We are comfortable with Telstra seeking judicial review, as is their right," the ACCC's chairperson, Rod Sims, said

"The ACCC's decision on wholesale access prices however, applied the ACCC's fixed principles for the declared fixed line services and took into account the unique circumstance of the transition from Telstra’s copper network to the NBN, as well as a range of other considerations including the long term interests of end users."

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